Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-31

The time draws near for the voters %
/ Ohio to decide vino is To govern this stat,
| for the next two years. They are 10 de
eide whether our gallant governor. !, B
| Foraker. under whose administration tn,
| state debt has been decreased, taxati",
lowered by the enactment Of the Dow
law, the drain On the taxpayers reduced
| by reducing tha expenses of managing The
public institutions aud prnitcntinry, tn,
elective frsnchiSs' protected by the enact
ment of laws guarding the purity "f tn,
| ballot box. nad blotting out crime and
forgery. which were rampant in the stat,
under Democratic rule-whrthrr GOV
rruor Fnrakrr'> magnificent r'"ord is t,
I've endorsed and he is 10 he elected. oI
whet her this state is 60 he governed foi
the next two years by mau wha. a.
chairman of the Democratic stat" com
mittee in 1885, conducted the first cam
paign in Ohio in which fraud and forgery
were adopted ~ elect ion methods: hy n
man who has been connected with every
infamy Of his party in Obi" for the past
1894 misrepresented the people of his
state and prevented the nomination OF
an Ohio man instead Of Grover Clcye-
land for president; the man who has
been going up and down the state retail
ing the most infamous and slanderou~
misrepresentation OF honest men and
attempting L" deceive the people of the
state and delude farmers by his misrep-
reSeutations of Governor Foraker'S mas-
sage on the subject "f state finances. and
endeavoring 10 make political capital by
invcntinc false stories: the man who FOR
twelve years did not pay his taxes justly
due the state On his property, though he
boosted that he made $l5, 600 year in
his law practice; the man who. when
this WAS exposed by Governor Foraker
rushed down to the county tressurer's
Office and paid the twelve years delin
cuent taxes and jumped on Ia = plat
form the same night and declared that
the statement that he owed any taxes
wns false: the pettfogser aud eva,ier, t.
whose credit not one word has been
printed even by his own party papers
the man. Thomas T. Powell. who heads
the Democratic ticket.
The voters are IA decide which of these
is to he governor OF the state for the next
two years. But they ar. to decide much
more than this. They are to decide
whether the administration Of Grover
Cleveland. which has insu;tcd Union
soldiers. has attempted to revive the lost
cause and its policy Of promoting ward
heeiers {" positions in the public service.
and heen noted for everything tha, is
most distssteful Ia the loyal and patri-
otic people Of the state, is TO be
indorsed by Ohio's citizens 4 vote for
Powell is a vote tn endorse this National
administration; il is vote in favor of
the reelection Of Grover Cleveland in
1888. II is more than this: i, is a vote
which will strike blow at Ameriesn in
dustries snd American labor. and in
favor of free trade. under which the
down and the workingmen thrown ont of
for II is a vote in opposition
TO the protective tariff, under which the
the farmers, the manufac-
turers. the business men the tradesmen
and the sgricuiturist alike are benefited
4 vote for Powell is vote against pro-
lection TO American industries and is a
vote agsins, the interests of the lahoring-
nrn of this country. II is vote to en-
courage the British free traders and for
eicn paupcr labor. II il even more than
this. II isa vote tn endorse the infamous
election crimes of 1881 Ii is q vote in
favor "f forgery rs an election method:
il is vote in endorsement Of the coal oil
legislature winch elected Henry r. Payne
to the United States senxtorship. II isa
vote To return Cincinnati to the condi-
ton in which the Foraker administra-
ton found il. and who need he told what
that condition was Every one remem-
oers that Cincinnati was controlled by a
gang of as disreputable characters as
.rer disgraced the face OF the earth; that
IL public affairs were managed by men
guilty of all sorts of nffenses against
honesty, and its elections controlled by a
police 50 corrupted and criminal that an
honest man WAS not safe on the ST reefs
,fter dark. From all these evils Cincip-
aati has been rescued under the present
state administration. hut 4 vote for Mr..
Powell is vote to repeal all the wise
md benificent laws under which the city
ras been reformed and rescued from the
'ess pool Of crime to which il world be |
by the success of Mr. Powell |
md the crowd associated with him. But |
I is even more 4 vote for Mr. Powell |
md the Democratic state ticket is vote
'Cainst the honest decent and business
Ike management of state affairs and in |
avor of extravaganza and corruption in
public service.
These are matters which should he
arcfuliy considered by all men. what
yer their previous political affiliatisns
ave been. The time Is past for men to
ote the Democratic ticke, simply be-
ause their fathers did, or because it has
cen their custom 10 vote that ticket in
he past. The Democratic party has
'llen into the hands of gang with
'hich no honest, intelligent man, be he
'emocrat or Republican, would wish to